To fight crime, save lives, ensure rapid 911 response to medical emergencies and fires and keep Watsonville safe by maintaining and increasing: after-school youth programs and safe places to keep teens out of trouble, neighborhood patrols, police officers, firefighters and paramedics and lifesaving public safety equipment; shall Watsonville continue its existing one-half-cent sales tax until repealed by voters, restricted to specific uses, subject to independent citizens’ oversight and audits, providing $4 million annually?
2, Santa Cruz County • 2020 • Measure
Passed
Result: 78.6% yes, 21.4% no (8,070 votes cast)
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This measure continues Watsonville's existing half-cent sales tax indefinitely to fund public safety services including police, fire, paramedics, youth programs, and related equipment, generating approximately $4 million annually with citizen oversight.